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A prescribed burn by the U.S. Forest Service in January 2021. (Photo by Jacob Ruano / USFS)
(CN) Rich Adams, a forester with California State Parks, stood at the ready to initiate a prescribed burn within the boundaries of Buron Creek State Park.
The relatively small park on the outskirts of Tahoe City is important for forest managers because it lies within what they call the urban/wildland interface. Heavily forested lands near human habitation are particularly important to keep thinned, the theory goes, to prevent fires that occur naturally or otherwise in wilderness areas from spreading into towns where they destroy property and lives.
The fires that occurred over the past several years in California and other western states have driven home the message that growers and winemakers need to understand how to grow grapes and make wine in a fire-prone environment as this situation is not likely to change any time soon. Fortunately, there are academic research institutions that are working on fire- and smoke-related issues, and there are several companies that have invested heavily in developing treatments for remediation of the smoke taint caused by the fires. These companies offer a variety of processes or amendments that will remove most of the offending smoke taint compounds.